Thank you.
Colleagues, just before I turn it over, I will say this. Maybe I'm going back to my teaching days here, but it seems to make sense to me that if we stop arguing over the amount of time that each person gets to respond, forcing me to respond to points of orders, etc., we would be okay.
Trust that if the minister has a longer response, I'm not seeing that as some attempt on his part to filibuster and I'm not taking that time away from an opposition member. I'm letting the clock run. The clerk can verify this; she's right here beside me.
If you have a concern about the way the clock has been running, then, for all colleagues, time yourselves. I've been saying that for the last six months.
Please trust that I am allowing for a fair exchange of questions and answers. I am not allowing a response or the length of a question to take away from the quality. If you don't trust that, time it yourselves.
Ms. O'Connell, the floor is yours for five minutes.